This study compares the pricing efficiency of two domestic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (i.e., Falcom 30 and HSBC 20) listed on the Saudi stock exchange (i.e., Tadawul), as well as an international ETF (i.e., iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia) listed on the NYSE, by examining the extent and properties...

In this paper, we examine whether the creation or redemption ETF shares has a measurable and significant effect on the underlying stocks' returns in the closing auction. Our findings show that ETF flow-related stock transactions significantly affect stock prices. We provide empirical evidence...

We overview exchange-traded funds and notes mechanism and market. We consider different classes of ETFs: long, short, unleveraged, leveraged. We show tables and graphs of leveraged and short ETF behaviors for up and down moves for educational purposes. We describe historical behavior of several...

This study examines the effect of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on their underlying AmericanDepository Receipts (ADRs). We find that percentage of ADR shares owned by ETFs increasesdramatically in the past two decades. Contrary to U.S. firms, ETF ownership is positivelyassociated with stock...

This study investigates the presence of intraday patterns in the eleven sectors of the United States (U.S.) economy. Key contributions are in terms of assessing (i) risk and return patterns at specific time periods of the trading session on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), (ii) whether a...

This study contrasts the effectiveness of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) against more recent augmented variants including size and book-to-market factors (Fama and French, 1993) as well as both size and liquidity factors of Martinez et al (2005) in explaining average returns in industry...

In this study, we aim to analyze the relation between return and volatility in different types of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) traded in the Borsa Istanbul. The types we examine are Islamic stock index, conventional stock index, bond, commodity, and U.S. dollar ETFs. We employ the following...

In the paper, we investigate empirical analysis of effects of Nikkei 225 ETFs on stock market in Japan, including purchases of ETFs by Bank of Japan (BOJ). We focus on the deviations of Nikkei 225 ETFs and volatilities and non-market volatility of stocks included in Nikkei 225 index. Deviations...

We examine the impact of ETF ownership on the commonality in liquidity of underlying stocks, while controlling for other institutional ownership. Analyses using aggregate stock-level ETF ownership and common ETF ownership at the stock-pair level indicate that ETF ownership significantly...